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While sexual allegations at the national level has taken a “breaking news” course on cable television networks some channels remain fixed on their war charts attacking or mocking President Donald Trump. ...

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Finding some good from bad If there is one good thing that came out of the barrage of accusations of sexual harassment by scores of women against scores of famous people it is that all these women found the courage to finally came out of the closet to their stories which hopefully will result in what was tolerated for many years, to be no longer tolerated.

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WASHINGTON >> Although it is plausible to suspect this, it is not true that the Credit Mobilier scandal of the late 1860-early 1870s (financial shenanigans by politicians and others surrounding construction of the Union Pacific Railroad) and the 1920s Teapot Dome scandal (shady dealings by politicians and others concerning government oil leases) were entangled with Division One college basketball programs. Back then, there were no such programs. About the 1970s Watergate scandal,...

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Rarely has the idiom “virtue is its own reward” looked better than it does in light of the sex scandals sweeping the nation. The so-called “prudishness,” of a previous generation and the respect most men were once taught to have for women — and which Hugh Hefner and his disciples of “free love” mocked — are looking better with each passing day.

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In 1879, Ammi Wright, a successful lumber baron, started work on the second brick building in Alma, MI. The 55,000-square foot, Italian-inspired Wright Opera House, situated at the corner of Superior and State Street, accommodated five businesses. It featured the most impressive performing arts space in the region. It also served as a hub of social and economic activity through 1919, when it was converted into a Masonic Temple.

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s days appear to be numbered, with the White House planning to remove him in the next few weeks. That news, first reported by the New York Times, isn’t hugely surprising, given that it was rumored to be the case ever since it was reported that Tillerson had called President Donald Trump a “moron.”

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This has not been a great year for the congressional GOP. Despite holding majorities in both houses, Republicans failed to repeal and replace Obamacare. They are very close to triggering a government shutdown. The few times Congress has taken action, it has been to check the Republican president’s odd predilection for warmer ties with Russia and colder ties with the State Department.